Train-pipe coupling.



J. ,.FREN`ZEL. TRAIN PIPE 00UPLING..

PLIoATIoN FILED AU MN V/// mw..

...1,1 .D NMKI -HNI All l, L USAU, VSCONSIN.

Specification Lei-,tersa Faisant.

Patented April 30, 190'?,

Application filed August 13,1966. Serial No. 330,371.

lcd Wausau, 'in lhc couuly ol' in--ii Couplings; :unl l do hcrcln dcclurc hui lili-L followinfg is u lull, clcur, und luci d tion thereof,

My invention lun: l'nr ils chinc, lo ,'u'oviihf Simplc, cconiunirul fniloinziiz; rnin pipc couplings for railway :iir-hrulufs, slcuin--hmiling und signuh; coinhincd, und ii rowing in certain pcculiziril'ics ol' conslfriulion und combination ol` paris :is lniicinuliiu full;v .sot 'forth with rcl'crcni-c io lhc accompanying drawings and snlmcqinnily cluiinod.

ln thc drim'ingh: lligurc l riprisinif; :i longitudinal scclfiouul View ol u roupliiig; cnn hodying thc fournira ol in invcntioiLiho View being` shown with piu-ils hrolicn :muy und paris in full 'lo hiricr illuslrnlc tho dctnils. Fig. 2, i delaiil scctionnl, Vicw on lino 2-2 oil' Fig. 2E', ,slion'uw' :i pair olI sold coup.-4 lings connccllcd, und nig'. f5, n. "uw vien' ol oupling-inf;y iru Showing lhc lockingdioolis ol iis opposiii nuunlnr in scc JLion,

Rol'oli'ingg" hy lclic'r in li'fn showings, A indiculcs n honger which i provided will lugo a, for coniroclii'in lo :i cnihod); in un); :mitu @lilo manner. 'llic lmngcr :il ii iront` und is formed With :i ring having vertical guidon b for engagement with :i hond lhi` houd hcing provided willi :L ccnrzil opt-ningl having o rear tuho D cxrnding tlu,-,i'vl'roin, und vcrtioully zilincd chuuncls E, E', nlroi'o and hc low thc suino. This who is guidcd zu its rear end 'in u dopiiuling; our ol" ihn hangcr A, sind carries u Spiral-spring G, which in;r is 'under comprcssion lzoluwccn l` io hond nl the pipc-coupling and the? cur i 1 thorn lic/ing :i hos J-pipe coupling il in ilu'cadrd connection with tho ond ol Suid iuho llii'ougn whicl'i nl' iis supplicd for liu: hmlics, und :i iluui-coihii' H projecting Vlroin lili@ uhn'cnid pipo h 12W/con the coupling und our il? in cpposilion lo liux spring, The cimuncls or v i serve as conduits through whiirh clown und compressed nir lor signal piu-po; led from onel czir to nnochcr, mici; oi zi'hii-n chuniicls arc provii'led iiiivh oihowcouplings i, i", to be, connectod to the s'iifwnu und signed pipes oi the car.

The izico of thc iunicl C couiitci'lnff-id around both iii@ control opening and chum-- ncls iur Lhc rocifption of goslrc ,s c, which arc uri'iingcd io uhul. lli@ gusiiois oi the opposite y unipling und pi'evoiu, lord; when the union is l l l i nnnli'-, it` 'Ewing undcrctood Linux thospriug G c in cach misc is furilicr compressed wlxon thc conncclion ol' ihn coupling is inode, by ronsono" "uid couplings heini; forced backward v 'lmn lili@ curs nrc conucctcd. y Euch coupling' is proviflcd with u. pulir 'of locking-hooks J, which ur'c :il :in anglo lo vertical lino li-:urn through thc center ol'v the couplingiicud, ind diunictricully opposic cach other. The :mid hooks., :is show-n, are lil'tcd between rihs d projecting l'roin tho 'loro ol' the houd C, llic 'ruihondu ol llio hooks boing slightly iurnml upwnrd, wliilc ihcir inner faces irc provided with lugs c, which lugs rest in pocli'cs ol sind houd, 'llu outer 4portion of lilu. .hooks nrc also iorincd with innifrlugsf, which nrc adopted to engage iliingcs .K of the opposing hoods, the ends of tho lugs boing tapered [or i/hc purposc of lifting Clic sinne :ne rlioy ingugc sind llungcs. shoulder g :it lfnc outer loro ol' ouch hook is arranged for contact with luccs 7i, oi thc ring, which faces, rflicn thc couplingc nrc brought together, not Lo closc lfhc hooks ov'cr tho .lzingcs K, und

also :ici npon lvuc luils ol' sind hooks to dis- 1c tho anni@ when the couplings; :iro disconnccicd.

' ASA-drown in Fig. 2, of the druwings, the riinfsv i3 nrc providcd with llurcd oxicnsions li loculod in such u position :is to engage the hoolccnds und insnrc the suino in closing, should llio two coupling-nioinlmrs be out of ulincincnt.

Bi' the :ihovc doccrihcd construction it will lic olmczvcd that; :i LriplnI pipo connection is oluniucd, which will iuuurc locking of the info nuunhors, thc sinne, by reason ol tho angles ol *clic hooks from u Vcrlnii-.nl boing operal'i'c wiihouiregard iio rho ond of Llic car preccntcd.

.i cinizn:

l. A train-pipe coupling,y comprising a longer provided with n ioriifurd ring having i punoi radially [lured cxtcnsions :it un anflc inlcrnicdiulc oi vertical and horizontal i os intcrsccting 'll1if`zzxis of yL'hc ring, u rear wurd guido dcpiuidiiui` from thc hunger, in combination with n coupling having n, head pro.'idcd 'Vith n; plurality oi openings, the iicxnl lining guidcd in Said ring, u tubulin-'c2c tension from tho hond, supported in the rear immigrer-guido, si pair oi lockingdogs carried hy sind hood, said dogs being al, un angle IOO IIO

, relatively opposite that of the flared vexten- 2. A-v train-pipe coupling.' comprising elianger provided wlth a forward' ring having a pair of radially flared extensions at an an gle intermediate of vertical and horizontal lines intersecting the axis of the ring, a rearward guide depending from thehanger, in combination with a `coupling 'having e head provided with a plurality of openings, the head being guided in said ring, a tubruE lar-extension from the heed, sup orted 4in lthe rear hanger-guide, a pair of loc ving-clogs carried by said headI saiddogs being at an angle relatively opposite that of the flared extensions,` front and rear 'l .rejections from the aforesaid dogs arrange to be engaged by the hanger-ring, and 'a spring interposed between the aforesaid head'and rear hangerv guide.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set ymy hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence 'of two witnesses.

- JOHN A. FRENZEL.

X'Vitnesses GEO. W.' YoU-NG, GEORGE FELBER. 

